Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Paramount Health Systems, Inc. v. Wright
Paramount Health Sys., Inc. v. Wright, 525 U.S. 929 (1998)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1998-10-13
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- holding that parole considerations do not apply to capital cases because when deciding future dangerousness, juries are free to consider dangerousness to prison as well as free society
- jury considers free and prison society in determining whether defendant is dangerous
- must raise a bona fide doubt as to competency to obtain hearing
Citator
UpLaw has not yet analyzed Paramount Health Systems, Inc. v. Wright. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.
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C. A. 7th Gir. Certiorari denied.